Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Verbs in Spanish

Display the Presentation: Retrieval race. Read each clue aloud and ask the children to discuss in pairs what word or phrase the clue refers to.

Display the Presentation: Looking up verbs in a dictionary. Ask the children to describe the action shown in the picture. Explain that the children are playing so the word to look up is play. Remind the class to use the English-to-Spanish section of the dictionary.

Display slide 1 of the Presentation: Spanish verbs and hand out the Activity: Looking up verbs (one each).

Ask the children to work in pairs and say which action each picture shows. Take brief feedback, discussing any different ideas.

Explain that the focus verbs are: dance, sing, eat, run, draw, listen, play, throw, receive, go out, play the guitar and watch.

Ask the children to look up each verb in a bilingual dictionary and write it under the matching picture. Encourage them to notice any patterns in the verbs as they work.

Mime and say

As a class, agree on a gesture for each verb.

Mime one verb and ask the children to respond by saying the verb in Spanish.

Repeat with a few different verbs.

Ask the children to repeat the activity in pairs, taking turns to mime and respond.

Activities

• Play the 'Mime and say' game (see Wrapping up) again, pairing the children with a new partner.

• Play the spelling game 'Mouse and cheese' using the infinitive verbs from this lesson. This can be played as a whole class or in pairs.

1. 1. draw a staircase with a piece of cheese at the top and a mouse at the bottom;

   2. one player thinks of a verb while the other guesses letters;

   3. on each incorrect guess, move the mouse up one step. Correctly guessed letters are written in place;

   4. the aim is to guess the verb before the mouse reaches the cheese. Adjust the number of steps to vary the challenge.